IMO issues ship security guard guidance

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An International Maritime Organisation (IMO) working group has provided further interim guidance on the use of privately contracted armed security personnel (PCASP) on board ships to counter Somali-based piracy, the Ports & Ships Maritime News says. At its intersessional meeting of the (IMO) Maritime Security and Piracy Working Group of the Maritime Safety Committee, held in London last week, the IMO called for member states to ‘facilitate’ the

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